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Old 12-01-2010, 06:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Lord of the Rings Online

I've been playing Lord of the Rings Online for the past 2 months. It's free to play right up to the level 65 cap for all players. I've bitten the bullet and bought 3 months worth of VIP play for about $45. The main differences between buying a subscription and playing for free, is that I get more storage space ingame, the ability to have 5 characters (free to play has 2), and 500 points per month to spend in the LOTRO store. As you complete quests ingame, you accumulate points which you can spend in the store for clothes, weapons, crafting items, mounts, travel, housing decorations, etc.

There is a good backstory, of course, but also there is a crafting element. My character is an Elf, my class Hunter, and my craft guild woodsman. So while I am out killing orcs, goblins, bears, wolves, I can also collect their belongings and skin/fur/ears, etc. I can sell their ears as trophies, and use my woodsman skills to tan and treat the fur/skin into leather which I can then use for crafting my own weapons, or sell for more coin. Likewise, I am always coming across Rowan,Ash, Yew branches which I can chop into logs, which I can use my crafting skills to turn into clubs/maces/spears/bows/crossbows, etc. at the next crafting Hall I come across.

Since the November update, they've added a 'tasks' notice board to each major settlement. The tasks are basically repeatable quests for trophies (ears, paws, carapaces, wings, etc) from wild animals. These can now be traded in for reputation points with various vactions.

From level 15 and up, you can purchase your own house in Middle-Earth, you can own your own horse to make going from place to place easier. There are dozens and dozens of basic quests available, from collecting someone's lost pig, to helping Farmer Maggot with his lost produce, to hiring yourself out as a guard. There is also the Epic Quest arc available after level 15, starting with talking to Strider in the Prancing Pony, and I'm assuming after many levels ending up at Mount Doom. At the moment, you can't progress further in the game past Moria (but to get that far includes 1000's of quests), but the Rise of Isengard expansion has been announced for release next fall.

The server game space is immense. I once decided, for the hell of it, to run on foot between Hobbiton and Bree - took me about an hour!

If anyone wants to join us, Seamaiden and I are playing in the "Dwarrowdelf" server; my character's name is "Ladhon" and Seamaiden's is "Seadal"

There are lots of good resources out there for gameplay, but this one is the best for starting out:

LOTRO Quick Start Guide

Other great resources are:

A Casual Stroll to Mordor

LOTRO Plugins

The Breeland Times (Eriador, yours to discover)

LOTRO Wiki

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Old 12-01-2010, 07:13 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I've been playing on and off on the Firefoot server. I was a former subscriber and so I get up to 5 characters and can use the expansion classes.

I'll jump into Dwarrowdelf. Is there a particular class you would like me to play to complement any groups?
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Old 12-01-2010, 08:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Up to you, I haven't done that much fellowshipping yet. I'm at level 32 on my main character and Seamaiden is at level 5 on her character (she's a noob ). I'm a Hunter (on both characters) and she is a Lore Master.
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Old 12-01-2010, 08:50 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Well, I've always wanted to try a minstrel. That would be fun....and useful.
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Old 12-01-2010, 09:05 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Well, if you are going to try minstrel, check out this link:

The Fat Lute

which has a huge list of songs to import into LOTRO. I came by the Prancing Pony in Bree a few weeks ago, and there was a huge group of players out in front playing the Cantina Theme from Star Wars!
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Old 12-01-2010, 09:14 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Thanks for the link.

I quickly created a character, which I'll start playing tonight.

He's a hobbit minstrel named Fernibrand.
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Old 12-03-2010, 08:30 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Here's me in front of Amon Sul (Weathertop) on my way to Rivendell
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Here's me in front of the fortress of Ost Guruth in the Lone-Lands
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Rivendell, at last!
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Talking with Aragorn
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Old 12-03-2010, 09:01 AM   #8 (permalink)
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That's pretty awesome.

My highest character is level 18 or something, and I've never seen outside of Bree-land.

Playing as a hobbit for the first time, however, I have finally seen more of the Shire: Michel Delving, Hobbiton, you name it.

I'm level 8 now. I'm just beginning to realize the talents of the minstrel. Healing is nice, and the music as a weapon is a bit weird to get used to, but it's pretty cool. I have a lute, but I was thinking of switching to a flute or harp.
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Old 12-13-2010, 11:51 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I signed up for this, as I've been wanting to play a MMO for awhile.

I'm on "Dwarrowdelf" too, I'm just playing a Champion right now to learn the game. I'll change to something else later.

Name is "Paradrone".

Pssssh... Don't tell Cinn.
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Old 12-13-2010, 12:39 PM   #10 (permalink)
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someone actually mentioned this to me on another forum.

really must check it out
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